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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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