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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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