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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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