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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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