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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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