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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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