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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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