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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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