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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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