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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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