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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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