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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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