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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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