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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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