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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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