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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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