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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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