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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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