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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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