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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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