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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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