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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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