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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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