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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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