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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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