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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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