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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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