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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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