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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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