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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key 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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