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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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