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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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