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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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