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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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