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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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