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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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