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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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