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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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