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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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