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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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