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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key 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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