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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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