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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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