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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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