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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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