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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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