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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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