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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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