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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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