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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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