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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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