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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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