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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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