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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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