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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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