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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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