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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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