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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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