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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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