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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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