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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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