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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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