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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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