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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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