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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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