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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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