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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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