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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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