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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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