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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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