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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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