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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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