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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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