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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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