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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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