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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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