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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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