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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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