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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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