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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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