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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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