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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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