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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly 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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