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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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