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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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