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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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