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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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