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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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