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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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