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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies 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 educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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