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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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