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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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