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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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