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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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