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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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