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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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