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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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