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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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