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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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