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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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