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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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