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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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