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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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