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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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