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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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