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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the 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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