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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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