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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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