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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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