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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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