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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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