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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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