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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key 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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