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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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