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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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