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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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