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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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