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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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