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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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