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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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