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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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