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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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