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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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