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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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