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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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