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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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