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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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