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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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