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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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