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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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