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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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