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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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