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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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