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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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