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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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