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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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