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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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