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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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