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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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