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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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