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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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