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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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