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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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