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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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