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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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