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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed 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 teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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