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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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