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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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