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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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