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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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