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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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