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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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