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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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