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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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