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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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