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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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