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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What 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 optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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