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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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