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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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