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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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