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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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