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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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