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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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