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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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