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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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