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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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