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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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