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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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