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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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