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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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