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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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