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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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