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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about 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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