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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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