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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches 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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