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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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