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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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