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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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