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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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