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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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