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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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