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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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