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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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