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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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