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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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