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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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