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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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