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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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