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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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