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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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