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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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