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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key 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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