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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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