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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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