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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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