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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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