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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies 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 in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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