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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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