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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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