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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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