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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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