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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with 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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