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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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