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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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