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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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