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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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