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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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