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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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