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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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