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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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