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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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