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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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