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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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