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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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