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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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