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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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