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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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