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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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