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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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