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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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