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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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