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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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