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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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