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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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