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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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