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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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