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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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