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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the 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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