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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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