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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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