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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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