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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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