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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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