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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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