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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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