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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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