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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major 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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