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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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