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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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