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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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