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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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