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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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