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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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