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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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