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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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