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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in 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. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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