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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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