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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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