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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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