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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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