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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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