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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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