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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major 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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