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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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