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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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