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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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