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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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