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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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