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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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