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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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