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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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