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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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