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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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