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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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