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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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