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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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