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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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