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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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