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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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