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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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