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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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