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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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