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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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