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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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