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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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