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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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