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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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