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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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