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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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