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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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