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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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