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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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