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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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