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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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