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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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