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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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