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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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