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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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