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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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