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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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