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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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