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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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