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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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