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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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