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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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