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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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