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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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