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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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