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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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