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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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