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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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