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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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