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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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