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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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