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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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