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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers 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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