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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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