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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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