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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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