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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies 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 we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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