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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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