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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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