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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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