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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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