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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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