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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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