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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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