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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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