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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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