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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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