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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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