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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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