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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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