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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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