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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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