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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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