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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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