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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting 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 book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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