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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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