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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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