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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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