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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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