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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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