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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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