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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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