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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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