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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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