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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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