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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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