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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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