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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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