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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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