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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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