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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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