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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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