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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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