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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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