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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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