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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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