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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major 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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