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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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