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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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