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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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