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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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