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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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