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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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