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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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