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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping 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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