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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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