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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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