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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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