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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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