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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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