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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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