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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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