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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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