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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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