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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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