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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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