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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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