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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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