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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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