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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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