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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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