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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major 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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