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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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