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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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