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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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