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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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