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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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