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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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