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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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