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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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