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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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