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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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