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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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