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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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