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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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