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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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