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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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