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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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