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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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