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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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