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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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