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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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