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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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