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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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