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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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