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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major 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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