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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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