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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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