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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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