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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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