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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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