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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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