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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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