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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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