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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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