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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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