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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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