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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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