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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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