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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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