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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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