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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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