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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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