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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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