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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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