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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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