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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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