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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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