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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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