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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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