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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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