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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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