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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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