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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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