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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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