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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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