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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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