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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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