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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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