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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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