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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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