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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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