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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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