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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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