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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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