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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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