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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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