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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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