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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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