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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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