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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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