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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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