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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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