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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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