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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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