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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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