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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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