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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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