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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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