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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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