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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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