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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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