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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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