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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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