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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What 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 optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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