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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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