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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies 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 institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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