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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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