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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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