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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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