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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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