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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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