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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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