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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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