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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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