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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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