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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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