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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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