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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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