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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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