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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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