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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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