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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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