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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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