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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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