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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key 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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