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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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