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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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