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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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