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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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