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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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