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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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