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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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