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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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