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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the key 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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