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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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