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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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