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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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