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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education