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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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