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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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