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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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