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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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