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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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