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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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