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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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