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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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