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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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