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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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