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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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