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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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