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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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