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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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