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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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