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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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