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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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