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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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