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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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