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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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